CVE-2021-43891High· 7.8▾ MidnightPoC availableVisual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 42.9 · likelihood 2.8 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
14%
1 GitHub repo (last check)
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
visual_studio_code < 1.63.2Upgrade past the affected range:
visual_studio_code 1.63.2Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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